For ‘Virtual Journey Week’ from 18 to 22 November, students and staff at Paderborn University and its COLOURS partner universities will have an opportunity to digitally explore nine countries over the course of five days.

It's all greenwashing – how companies report on sustainability

Lecture by Dr Johanna Sackel from the Institute of History at Paderborn University​​​​​​​

In her lecture, Hanna Meretoja will present her debut novel "Elotulet", the German translation of which was recently published as "Die Nacht der alten Feuer". Hanna Meretoja is a Finnish literary scholar, narrative theorist and writer.

On Monday, 25 November, the topic will be ‘Christmas - The birth of Jesus/Isās in the Bible and the Koran’

In the winter semester 2024/25, the Institute of German and Comparative Literature and the Centre for Contemporary German Literature at Paderborn University invite all interested parties to a series of literary readings with discussions. The readings followed by a discussion will take place on Mondays at 4.15 pm in Lecture Hall G at Paderborn University.

What do pop cultures have to do with the US election, democracies and the climate crisis? What do we learn about pop and media cultures by engaging with fakes, click populism or AI? How should popular cultures be categorised if they are particularly considerate and mindful or if they are hurtful in doses - is there a moral or ethic of pop?

Organised by the Seminar for Jewish Studies, the Paderborn Institute for Islamic Theology (PIIT) and the Centre for Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies (ZEKK) at Paderborn University in cooperation with the Society for Jewish-Christian Cooperation Paderborn e.V. (GCJZ)

Lecture by Dr Carmen Flury from the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Lecture by Prof. Dr Jutta Weber and Dr Jochen Viehoff

Christoph Garstka (Slavic Studies, Ruhr University Bochum): ‘Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy at war. The imperial dimensions of classical Russian literature’

On Wednesday, 27 November, Junior Professor Dr Idris Nassery and Professor Dr Elisa Klapheck from the Centre for Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies (ZeKK) will speak on the topic of ‘Political Theology of Democracy: A Jewish and Islamic Perspective’

Modelling, transformations, legitimacy

Circular value creation in industry: Challenges, practical examples and a look into the future

Discussion concert with the ensemble ‘Ixora’ under the direction of Maria Zontova